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Friday, August 29, 2025

Sold-out crowd at

Kaiso Showkase opening

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2034 days ago
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in­nis_fran­cis@ya­hoo.com

Most ca­lyp­so­ni­ans opt­ed for so­cial com­men­tary and shied away from po­lit­i­cal is­sues at the open­ing of Kaiso Showkase on Sat­ur­day night at Palm’s Club, San Fer­nan­do.

Per­form­ing to a sold-out crowd with ac­com­pa­ni­ment by res­i­dent band Ra­zor Sharp, the open­ing acts set the bar high and earned en­cores. Among them was Pharoah (Dar­wren Greenidge) who sang of­fer­ing, Wicked, and Queen Vic­to­ria (Vic­to­ria Coop­er-Rahim) who sang Wrong Side of His­to­ry.

At­tor­ney and ca­lyp­son­ian Ron­dell Don­awa donned a win­ter jack­et, gloves, scarf and a hood­ie as he ap­pealed for warmth and love to re­turn to T&T with We So Cold. Ras Kom­man­da’s (Steve Pas­cal) up­tem­po Saga of Lall Kissoon had pa­trons clap­ping and danc­ing along, while Tami­ka Dar­ius sang Long Be­fore J’Ou­vert and had the crowds ask­ing for more.

There were no­table per­for­mances from reign­ing Ca­lyp­so Monarch Ronal­do Lon­don, Dad­dy Chi­nee (Ri­car­do Melville), WACK 90.1 FM CEO Ken­ny Phillips, school teacher Ali­cia Richards, Mr Mack (Vic­tor Mc Don­ald), Sexy C (Crys­tal Mitcham) and Def Prince (Kei­th Wa­son).

Phillips, who was mak­ing his ca­lyp­so tent de­but, earned so many en­cores for Wack Dem Ken­ny that MC Dami­an Melville had to in­ter­vene to get the show back on track.

There were al­so en­cores for Richards, who de­liv­ered a mes­sage about in­fi­deli­ty in Woman in Law and Def Prince for Pep­per Man.

Oth­er strong per­for­mances came from Kerice Pas­call, Joseph Adams, Pro­tec­tor (Michael Leg­erton) and new­com­ers Ke­van Cal­liste and Roxy Singh (Daniel­la Rox­anne Singh).

San Fer­nan­do May­or Ju­nia Re­grel­lo, Tourism Min­is­ter Ran­dall Mitchell, for­mer min­is­ter Joan Yuille-Williams, MSJ leader David Ab­dul­lah and Er­ic But­ler were among the high pro­file pa­trons at the tent open­ing.


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